Quote Originally Posted by Kraxis
So I wonder is this a deliberate feature or did something go wrong?
I guess it was deliberate. It reminds me of CA getting rid of some of the excellent voicework ("My Lord! The peasants have grown lazy and are worthy of nothing but punishment...") when they patched STW. I think the reasoning was that seasoned players will just want to skip this repetitive stuff. But I agree, it is sad.